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Anthony Boucher


Born
in Oakland, California, The United States
August 21, 1911

Died
April 29, 1968

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William Anthony Parker White, better known by his pen name Anthony Boucher, was an American author, critic, and editor who wrote several classic mystery novels, short stories, science fiction, and radio dramas. Between 1942 and 1947, he acted as reviewer of mostly mystery fiction for the San Francisco Chronicle. In addition to "Anthony Boucher", White also employed the pseudonym "H. H. Holmes", which was the pseudonym of a late-19th-century American serial killer; Boucher would also write light verse and sign it " Herman W. Mudgett" (the murderer's real name).
In a 1981 poll of 17 detective story writers and reviewers, his novel Nine Times Nine was voted as the ninth best locked room mystery of all time.
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The Case of the Baker Stree...

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3.65 avg rating — 362 ratings — published 1940 — 25 editions
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Rocket to the Morgue (Siste...

3.56 avg rating — 301 ratings — published 1942 — 14 editions
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A Treasury of Great Science...

4.28 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 1959 — 3 editions
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Nine Times Nine (Sister Urs...

3.85 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 1940 — 11 editions
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The Compleat Werewolf and O...

3.87 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 1969 — 17 editions
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The Case of the Crumpled Knave

3.74 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 1939 — 18 editions
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The Case of the Seven of Ca...

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The Compleat Boucher: The C...

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The Case of the Crumpled Knave The Case of the Baker Stree... The Case of the Solid Key The Compleat Werewolf and O...
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“Among the extremely diverse books lumped together as 'mysteries,' I shall try to judge each fairly according to the best standards of the type which the author intended to produce.”
Anthony Boucher

“It was so completely obvious, and yet what proof was there? It was, Martin thought, like the rabbit which the Hindus see in the moon. It is next to impossible to make people see it; but once they have recognized it, they will never see a face or a man or a woman there again. It is obvious that there is a rabbit in the moon; but obviousness seems too often unsusceptible of proof.
The Case of the Seven of Calvary”
Anthony Boucher

“…We have not fully deciphered his language but I have, as instructed, been keeping full phonetic transcriptions of his every remark. Trubaz has calculated psychologically that the meaning of this remark to be:
“Ministers of the Great one, be gracious to me.”
The phonetic transcription is as follows:
AND THEY TALK ABOUT PINK ELEPHANTS!”
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